Corporate Sponsor Program

Corporate Sponsor Program

The SVC Corporate Sponsor Program links organizations dedicated to furthering the use and development of vacuum and plasma deposition techniques for PVD processing with the information exchange resources of SVC. Corporate Sponsors are recognized throughout the vacuum coating community as invested leaders in the industry, partnering with SVC to promote its mission to inform, educate and engage its members, the technical community and the public on all aspects of vacuum coating, surface engineering and related technologies.

Benefits of Sponsorship

  • One individual SVC Membership which includes:
    • Unlimited, complimentary access to the SVC Digital Library
    • Search and post a resumé on the SVC Web Site
    • Voting privileges
    • Access to recent year's membership directory
    • Unlimited career positions on the SVC Job Board
    • Access to American Institute of Physics (AIP) Member and Insurance Benefits

Publications and Subscriptions

  • A subscription to the SVC Bulletin (published three times annually)
  • A digital copy of the Annual Technical Conference Proceedings 

Promotion

  • Recognition of support in SVC publications
  • Corporate profile on the SVC Web Site
  • Corporate Sponsor literature display at the TechCon
  • Corporate Sponsor press release (non-product related) published in the SVC Bulletin
  • TECHTalk: SVC's quarterly Corporate Sponsor e-newsletter - Exclusive advertising opportunities and two free press release links per issue
  • Low-cost Corporate Sponsor Logo advertising on the SVC Web Site home page
  • Discounted inclusion in the new SVC Product and Services Directory ($250 USD/year)

Community Outreach 

  • Free on-line job postings on the SVC's TechCon website Job Board and at the SVC TechCon
  • Contact information for TechCon attendees who opt in to having it shared
  • Bonus priority points when selecting a booth for the Annual TechCon Exhibit
Please contact SVC if you are interested in discussing the SVC Corporate Sponsor Program by sending an email to [email protected].

Enhanced Corporate Sponsor Program

The SVC is an organization designed to provide networking and education opportunities to our stakeholders, focused on the commercial aspects of our member’s products, services, and technologies. To further enhance our value to our Corporate Sponsors, the SVC is now introducing an Enhanced Corporate Sponsor Program (ECSP). The ECSP ties publications, media exposure, and education into a comprehensive and “value driven” package. Enabled by our new digital/print media approach and the SVC’s wealth of technical content, the ECSP builds on the existing Corporate Sponsor Program and offers comprehensive advertising programs across all of the SVC’s media offerings AND continuing education opportunities in the SVC’s industry-leading tutorial and webinar programs. Specifically, the following sponsorship tiers are now available:

Silver sustaining membership $1,250 USD/year

Benefits of the base Silver membership are listed above.

Silver "+" sustaining membership $3,000 USD/year
entitles each Corporate Sponsor to all benefits of the base Silver sustaining membership plus:

  • One (1) half-page ad in one (1) issue of the Bulletin in a calendar year,
  • One (1) banner ad in every issue of SVConnections and TECHTalk, 
  • Free inclusion in the SVC-administered Product and Services Directory,
  • Three (3) free admissions to tutorials offered at the TechCon (or seats at a “live” SVC webinar tutorial); "giftable" to any organization or individual,
  • $75.00 USD discount (via unique sponsor code) for live tutorial registrations at the annual TechCon, for all tutorial registrations after the “free/giftable” tutorial registrations for this level have been used,
  • Three (3) downloads of any pre-recorded SVC webinar from the SVC library,
  • Free Corporate Sponsor logo on SVC home page, and
  • One free Market Report from BCC Research annually and a 20% discount on any additional purchased market reports from BCC Research.

Gold sustaining membership $5,500 USD/year
entitles each Corporate Sponsor to all benefits of the base Silver sustaining membership plus:

  • One (1) half-page ad in each issue of the Bulletin (published 3x/year),
  • One (1) banner ad in every issue of SVConnections and TECHTalk,
  • Free inclusion in the SVC-administered Product and Services Directory, with banner ad,
  • Five (5) free admissions to tutorials offered at the TechCon (or seats at a “live” SVC webinar tutorial); “giftable” to any organization or individual, 
  • $125.00 USD discount (via unique sponsor code) for live tutorial registrations at the annual TechCon, for all tutorial registrations after the “free/giftable” tutorial registrations for this level have been used,
  • Five (5) downloads of any pre-recorded SVC webinar from the SVC library, 
  • Free Corporate Sponsor logo on SVC home page,
  • 15% discount on all advertising in the TechCon Final Program/Exhibit Guide, and
  • One free Market Report from BCC Research annually and a 20% discount on any additional purchased market reports from BCC Research.

Platinum sustaining membership $8,000 USD/year
entitles each Corporate Sponsor to all benefits of the base Silver sustaining membership plus:

  • One (1) full-page ad in each issue of the Bulletin (published 3x/year),
  • One (1) banner ad in every issue of SVConnections and TECHTalk,
  • Free inclusion in the new SVC-administered Product and Services Directory, with banner ad,
  • Seven (7) free admissions to tutorials offered at the TechCon (or seats at a “live” SVC webinar tutorial); “giftable” to any organization or individual, 
  • $150.00 USD discount (via unique sponsor code) for live tutorial registrations at the annual TechCon, for all tutorial registrations after the “free/giftable” tutorial registrations for this level have been used,
  • Seven (7) downloads of any pre-recorded SVC webinar from the SVC library, 
  • Free Corporate Sponsor logo on SVC home page,
  • 15% discount on all advertising in the TechCon Final Program/Exhibit Guide, and
  • One free Market Report from BCC Research annually and a 20% discount on any additional purchased market reports from BCC Research.

Billings for the Program are 25% on a quarterly basis (January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each calendar year).

Membership